Wumo 3,002 Posted August 14, 2022 #1 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Various cities Start Date August 26th, 2022 End Date September 11th, 2022 Participants 25 Gold Xarles Silver LEVARTOZ Bronze africaboy Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances) Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button Rules For this Prediction Contest you are predicting the result in number of Sets won by each team for each match. To do that, you have to write in empty Cells a number of Sets each team you predict to win for every match of Prediction Design. Possible outcomes are 3-0, 3-1 and 3-2 for the winning team. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to win, you should type "3" in appropriate Cell of T1 Column and either "2", "1", or "0" for Nation 2 in corresponding Cell of T2 Column. Similarly you can predict a win for Nation 2. Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Tunisia 3 2 Puerto Rico Scoring System: - Correct Winner + Correct Set Score - 4 points - Correct Winner + Wrong Set Score - 2 points - Wrong Winner + Correct 5-Set Match - 1 point - Wrong Winner + Wrong Set Score - 0 point Example Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Tunisia 3 2 Puerto Rico If Tunisia wins 3-2, you get 4 points If Tunisia wins 3-1 or 3-0, you get 2 points If Puerto Rico wins 3-2, you get 1 point If Puerot Rico wins 3-0 or 3-1 you get 0 points Top 3 Prediction points will be awarded as follow: Correct Predicted 1st Place will be awarded 5 points Correct Predicted 2nd Place will be awarded 4 points Correct Predicted 3rd Place will be awarded 3 points Corrected Predicted Nation in Top 3, but wrong place will be awarded 2 points TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 3x4, 2x2, 2x1 Contestant 2: 3x4, 2x2, 1x1 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. Contestant with most points wins the competition. The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches and Top 3 Predictions. You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started. In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first match of the Championship - August 26th, h. 11:00 (GMT +2). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use the Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread. If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, TUN 3-2 PUR means Tunisia wins 3-2 in sets against Puerto Rico. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions. Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows: You cannot see this If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 3,002 Posted August 14, 2022 Author #2 Share Posted August 14, 2022 You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same at the end of prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] Preliminary Round August 26th - August 31st, 2022 24 Nations, The Top 2 Nations in each Pool + The Top 4 best Third-placed Nations will qualify for the Round of 16. Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Tunisia Puerto Rico August 27th 2022, h. 20:30 Ukraine Serbia August 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Serbia Puerto Rico August 29th 2022, h. 20:30 Ukraine Tunisia August 31st 2022, h. 17:30 Serbia Tunisia August 31st 2022, h. 20:30 Ukraine Puerto Rico Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 26th 2022, h. 11:00 Brazil Cuba August 26th 2022, h. 14:00 Japan Qatar August 28th 2022, h. 11:00 Cuba Qatar August 28th 2022, h. 14:00 Brazil Japan August 30th 2022, h. 11:00 Brazil Qatar August 30th 2022, h. 14:00 Japan Cuba Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 26th 2022, h. 17:30 United States Mexico August 26th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland Bulgaria August 28th 2022, h. 17:30 United States Bulgaria August 28th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland Mexcio August 30th 2022, h. 17:30 Mexico Bulgaria August 30th 2022, h. 20:30 Poland United States Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 26th 2022, h. 17:30 France Germany August 26th 2022, h. 20:30 Slovenia Cameroon August 28th 2022, h. 17:30 Germany Cameroon August 28th 2022, h. 20:30 France Slovenia August 30th 2022, h. 17:30 France Cameroon August 30th 2022, h. 20:30 Slovenia Germany Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 11:00 Turkey China August 27th 2022, h. 21:15 Italy Canada August 29th 2022, h. 11:00 Canada China August 29th 2022, h. 21:15 Italy Turkey August 31st 2022, h. 14:00 Canada Turkey August 31st 2022, h. 21:15 Italy China Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 27th 2022, h. 14:00 Netherlands Egypt August 27th 2022, h. 17:30 Argentina Iran August 29th 2022, h. 14:00 Argentina Netherlands August 29th 2022, h. 17:30 Iran Egypt August 31st 2022, h. 11:00 Argentina Egypt August 31st 2022, h. 17:30 Iran Netherlands Top 3 Place 1st 2nd 3rd Nation [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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